MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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